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“Above there is heaven; below, Suzhou and Hangzhou.” A lake that poets have flattered for a thousand years, tea terraces that taste like spring rain, and an hour from Shanghai by fast rail.

West Lake mornings and Longjing tea afternoons

Hangzhou, the local way

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Faces of Hangzhou

Chen Yu — Tea Houses & Water Towns
Chen Yu
Tea Houses & Water Towns
★ 4.9 · 168 tours · English · Japanese

Shanghainese grandmother lineage of tea masters; grew up between the French Concession and Zhujiajiao. Orders xiaolongbao in the queue that never makes guidebooks.

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